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This week’s episode is with Tom Tayeri. Tom is a marathoner, Ophthalmologist, and co-founder of the Fiat Lux Foundation, which works to prevent and reverse blindness in the developing world by building sustainable and locally controlled eye treatment centers. Tom is a passionate runner who keeps getting faster with age. In 2019 he ran a blazing 2:42 at the Chicago Marathon, easily winning his age group and snagging a 2+ minute PR! Tom is a member of the Peninsula Distance Club.

Some highlights from our conversation:

• How he became a runner during medical school
  
• How finding a running community led to a running breakthrough
  
• His goal to win his age group at the Abbott World Marathon Majors World Championships
  
• How he balances work, philanthropy, family and running at a high level
  
• Running 100+ mile weeks while working full-time as an Ophthalmologist
  
• The power of training partners who are faster than you
  
• His secret hydration, anti-cramp trick
  
• His work building hospitals in Africa and the barriers to healthcare access, even in the United States
  

Follow Tom on Twitter @thomastayeri, on Instagram @ttayeri, and follow his training on Strava.

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Music is California by The Spectacular Fantastic.